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2013-02-10
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will bing or google her, whatever your preferences, and learn more about our company. the silicon valley leadership group did a soft launch in january of something we call start-up silicon valley. it is for innovation economy, ceo's in this region to join at the leadership group basically for free. because we want to capture in the them to the dna that david packard, our founder had, which was a balance of running, brilliance, dynamic companies while, at the same time, being deeply engaged in your communities and in the quality of life of your employees. that is the scale that we want to raise up in these incredibly innovative young entrepreneurs. we have about 20 of them here in the audience today. i want to just mention three of them and embarrass them. they do not know i am going to do this. all of these at this in common. they have less than 40 employees currently. their business has been around for less than four years. and, like me, they are younger than 40 years old. [laughter] why are you laughing? [laughter] let me introduce the ceo of snoozie. stand. [applause] the ceo of good

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the superbowl. top search during the game was for a live stream of the game. on bing it was the superbowl and the blackout and yahoo the top search was power outage. apple is the top smart phone seller for the first time thanks to the launch of the iphone 5 last quarter. they had 39% of the market samsung 30%. temple run 2 is the fastest growing mobile game ever with 50 million down loads in less than two weeks. games.com will by thinks it deserves the honor. >> it's amazing how the game of this quality is free you know once you down load it there's so many challenges and it keeps you coming back for more. >> reporter: temple run 2 is a free down load and today's facebook 9th birthday the facebook was called launched by mark zuckerberg in 2004 on this date. today it has more than a billion users and those are your tech bites. ♪the home of the brave. >> i leasha keys bringing in thenational anthem and ravens bringing home the lombardi trophy. >> what way tore ray lieuis to end his career. >> the retitle makes him a hot commodity and scammers will do all they can to make sure that the mem

ago . now the most aggressive and successful affiliated group in syria . the beng bing attack and lack of response to the bengazi attack brought on the mali attack . this is going to continue even further if the united states is not capable of responding. >> we nide to be concerned about the poof a nuclear device some say in a year. is there any reason they would be afraid of the united states intervening to stop them as we scale back our military? >> let me just be clear. the iranians have not believed the rhetoric that we have used for a long time now. that is all military options are on the table. the iranians don't believe that, goch goch. they believe want united states is interested in diplomacy and sanctions and at the end of the day, it will accept a nuclear iran and try to contain a nuclear iran in the middle east . that's the position that they hommed when it come tots united states . they have all . to indicate that that is true. the reason is, look at the pressure that we have put on the israelis that are coming closer to using a military option . the iranians read that if

detroit mayor bing what advice he had for oakland. >> although you don't want to make the tough cuts and decisions to be made but there is no way around it. >> we believe in constitutional policing. >> reporter: adds a detroit police department's future seems to have taken a turn for the better so has detroit itself. artists have transformed shattered streets into tourist destinations. gutted houses are coming down and leaving wide spaces open to bloom in the spring. and the battered auto industry, the city renewed. the police department with its history of abuse and misconduct are getting better. >> i think the cops are doing a good job as best they can. >> reporter: here in detroit there's the sense that the worse is over and there's better times ahead. perhaps giving the people of oakland and its police officers some hope. in detroit, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a best selling author killed. more on a former navy seal shot in texas. >>> coming up where we could have some dense fog first thing tomorrow morning and when shower chances resurface on the five day forecast. >>>

on a drunk binge and leave you alone. what you think is "normal life" just doesn't happen to you. so you adapt. and you adapt by drinking. you adapt by getting into relationships that may be destructive. you adapt by finding some way to physically or psychologically run away. and dr. clark, this happens, i suspect that because of this dynamic there are an awful lot of people, and we're going to get back to miss cain's experience that end up in our jail systems, that end up in our justice system. is that correct? that is true. there are a lot of people as a result, as miss cain indicated. you start using drugs that are illegal, and as a result of that you wind up getting arrested, and as a result of that you wind up in jail and then, depending upon the situation, as a result of using drugs you may become violent and you wind up in jail because of that situation, or as a result of numbing out you wind up engaging in "illegal acts" and you wind up in jail. so, a large number of people who are in jail or in prison are there for possession of drugs or for criminal acts associated with drug us

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are looking to start fresh from all the superbowl binging, bad news from salad lovers. and twitter playing a bigger role [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. you can't imagine how long i've been searching for something like this for my family. i'm amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. my guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. for me, it's cinnamon. it means a lot to be able to give them something that's good for them, that also puts smiles on their faces. 'cause i really love those smiles. we're the harris family. and we love chex. [ male announcer ] love chex? connect with us on facebook. >> welcome back. 29 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. nothing going on weather wise to start the day. that is a good thing. we all need a chance to recover and clear the fog, so to speak. 22 in randallstown and 23 and a rising sun. the clouds will start to thicken up later this morning. right now it is basically clear. we are watching yet another one of the clippers storm's coming out of the upper midwest, producing right -- light snow in chic

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allowed on board until the problem has been fixed. >>> a little boy's sugar binge has this video going viral. 3-year-old john dipped into the decorative sprinkles. sprinkle-gate evidence all over his face. but young john had a story and he's sticking to it. >> did you eat those sprinkles? >> no, i did not. >> you know it's not nice to tell stories and to lie, right? look at mommy. you're not supposed to lie. tell me now. did you eat those sprinkles? >> no. >> mom, i said no! john's mom said they had a very long talk later about the difference between telling the truth and fbi iibing. a little white and red lie. >> go like this. go like this. >>> let's head up to boston. al is keeping an eye on this huge winter storm heading to the northeast. >> we're not only talking about snow but wind as well. here is the setup. low pressure coming along the coast. we've got high pressure, arctic high to the north. between the two, that's the pressure gradient. and that means we've got very strong winds coming on in there. here is what we expect during the day today on into tomorrow. we'll have susta

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, is an acclaimed master othe genre, known fohis bing social satire and deeply felt takes on contemporary american life. in his new collection he writes of a teenager who witnesses the attempted kidnapping of a neighbor and must decide whether to intervene; a war-damaged combat veteran who returns to a suddenly unfamiliar home town; a man with cancer who takes action to spare his family the pain, and then finds his own kind of salvation. the book is titled "tenth of december." george saunders joined us for a talk in our studio recently. welcome to you. >> nice to here. own: i think i want to start by asking about the genre of short story. it's something we don't talk much about. it gets little attention. why is it the form for you? >> for me it's almost neuro logical. i understand what something short should be like. i understand beauty in that form. if i start extending somehow i lose my bearings. it might be like in sports where there are fast twitch musses and slow switch muscles. my stories i can understand them as a little toy you wind up and you put it under on the floor and it goes underhe

interest rate deduction. we have decided to pick winners and that's partly why we had the consumption binge we had. but when you get to the local level and the question is what's your choice with economic development policy, there are some cities that frankly over a period of time practice what i would call starbucks stealing business. how quickly do we build with public money the next convention center or the next performing arts facility or the next sports stadium, or do we try to throw money to bring a firm lit literally across a boarder in many cases. or other alternative, can we strengthen our strengths in the traded sectors. that portion of our economy, it might be 20%, 25%, 30% of the economy, that really drives everything else. i think that's what's begun to happen post recession, particularly as we're beginning to see a bit of reassuring, the shale gas, the sense we might begin to have a manufacturing moment. mayors more importantly, business leaders, firms, universities, and the skills area basically saying what do we have here, particularly in the small and medium-sized enterpris

>> if the prime minister it agrees the shortage of binging skills our greatest threat, and anticipation rate of women in engineering is scandalously floated willie encourage his colleagues to inspire young people to take on the challenging and well-paying careers in engineering whether graduates or apprentices? >> i will certainly very carefully at the bill that my right honorable friend puts forward. i would say that in these recent data released today, one of the encouraging signs is the number of people studying engineering and computer science has actually gone up quite radically. as an early sign that the steps that have been taken frankly overreaching by governments of all parties to try to raise the status of engineering and encouraging engineering are beginning to have an effect. >> this government has just introduced two new tax base which will cause people who own the oh, no, between 25 and 35,000 pounds per family. why is he choosing to put a block on the aspirations of young people who want to build their own home? >> we are encouraging people to build a ow

. the idea that he'll just go on a spending bing if you continue make threats like that is crazy. i think the evidence is there. he kept asking for them to be paired with tax increases as well. i think there's more good will, i guess, than i think people realize. and more agreements that we have got such a big budget problem that we're going have to be firing on all cylinders. we have to cut spending and reform the entitlement programs and frankly, raise more revenue. i think it's the realistic situation when a problem is as big as we face. >> you're listening to the commonwealth club of california radio program. our speakers are noted economic experts mr. keith hennessey and doctor -- for doing national, global, and regional economics for 2013. you can find video of the commonwealth programs online. let talk about the series a questions of around the employment and job growth. -- [inaudible] >> well, i will start. i think, you know, i will say, i was here last year and i'm certainly more optimistic this year than last year. i think we have made a significant amount of progress, if you lo

hope and bing crosby. >> a kiss. nd this? osgood: although sibling rivalries and changing popular tastes took their toll on the trio, the songs they left us form an indelible record of their time. ♪ when i walk with you >> reporter: laverne andrews died in 1967, max even in 1995, and patty andrews was 94. >> how am i doing? osgood: it's hard to imagine the sidewalks of new york without the insistent voice of former mayor ed koch. who died early friday of heart failure at the age of 88. born poor in the bronx, koch worked his way through college and law school and up through new york city politics, winning his first term as mayor in 1977 in the wake of the city's fiscal crisis. >> we have to spend the monies that are currently available in a much better way. >> reporter: as mayor he worked hard to balance the books and to clean up that once proud cross roads times square. >> people were no longer coming down to times square. you had x-rated video houses. you had thieves. families wouldn't come down there anymore. >> reporter: our rita braver talked to ed koch just last year. >> r

have other things. do you have anger fans. >> i have fire fans. >> bing. >> how hard is it to make sense well with the person you are trying to provide the invisible emotion? >> it's not hard. when they are going to do what they are going to do. exactly how they prep to do emotions. it's all about understanding who you are working with. >> it would be a lot about listening. when you do stuff live, the timing changes. the lines might change a little bit. so it's ever evolving. >> acting is number one skill is listening. acting is number one skill is always going to be listening. >> we've been watching some of the show here this morning, it's definitely different. for you being in a show like this, what is the experience been like? >> i've loved it. i have a japanese culture in my history so i think it's fantastic. these cartoons are what i watched growing up. it's been like living the dream i wanted to be when i was a kid. >> that's a pretty good job. what are we going to see? >> the intro to the show. introduce them to the world we're creating so we can get them familiar with sort

. the idea that he went on a spending binge if you don't make threats like that is crazy. the evidence is there that he put spending cuts on the table. he asked them for them to be paired with tax increases as well. there is more good will than people realize. more agreement that we have such a big budget problem that will we're going to fire on all cylinders. we have to cut spending. frankly, we have raise more revenue. >> you're listening to the california program and our speakers are economic experts. we are discussing national, regional, and global economic challenges. you can find video online. there's a series of questions around employment and job growth. what what is your outlook on job growth? >> i will start. i think -- i will say i was here last year and i'm more optimistic this year than last year. we made a significant amount of progress. it looks like housing prices have started to turn the corner. if you look at household balance sheets we see that consumers have paid down that debt that weighed on them. i think there are reasons to be optimistic. i am fairly optimistic.

and still asked about turkey. >> that's a bing dent in his head. >> stephanie: like the doctor used the thongs. >> thongs? >> stephanie: tongs. >> >>forcepts. >> stephanie: this is america if you want to play with a rusty spoon it is your right. >> the market will take care of that. >> stephanie: the market will decide whether people like being operated on by a rusty spoon. [ laughter ] >> what? >> stephanie: that would make me say boogadycheese. all right john kerry yesterday. >> can a man actually run the state [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i don't know. i . . . as the saying goes i have big heels to fill. [ laughter ] >> that's funny. >> stephanie: he-he. he is funny. he was on our show when he was running in 2004, and people were like he was really funny. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: bill clinton was at the koch funeral and all of the former mayors. his legacy was described as laying the foundation of the three men who followed him in office. >> stephanie: yeah. although i missed the porn in time square, but i have gone on record saying that b

boost efforts to curb binge drinking. >> next, is it a source of pride or shame? more on the push to get the washington redskins to change their name and that logo. a live look outside. this is the snow coming down in long island. man, just where they don't need it. tucker will have more on our wintery mess and the situation up north next. o >>> back here at home, the caps continue to skate on thin ice. they lost last night. goal keeper let in three goals in his first seven minutes on the ice. what is happening? they have dropped five of their last six, good enough for worst in the nhl. >> tucker, slide out. >> move over, tucker. >> hey, i thought we were ready to do weather here. >>> native american nicknames in sports took center stage at a discussion yesterday. public enemy number one, the redskins. >> they debated the stereotypes. >> when we get to that place where we start chastising our friends, our relatives, and our neighbors for using that word, making it unacceptable, that's when things will change. >> over the years the team's owners have opposed the names, citing tr

's that way. steve: thanks! aw, this is great! we go to the plant, we get my boat, bing, bang, boom, easy a! george: uh-huh, uh-huh! (gasps) aw... this is not going to be easy. (george chuckles anxiously, whimpers) so let me get this straight-- your homework just went down the drain? yes, sir. and i need to get it back. oil, grit or solid? (chatters "oil, grit or solid?" everything that comes into the wastewater treatment plant gets sorted into three categories. oh. oils-- mostly from car and truck engines; sand and grit-- from construction or sand used on icy roads in winter; and solids-- that means pretty much anything else that ends up in the water: old shoes, spare parts... boats? boats. they'd all be right here. (excited chattering) wait! your boat's not here. it's raining. but the sanitation worker said everything that goes down the drain goes here. yeah. uh-huh, uh-huh. it does-- except during heavy rains. the system can't handle all the storm water, and it overflows. oh! right now, the pipes and tanks are backed up, so anything on its way here isn't going to get here. (chatters a qu

done. unlike backdrops, these are actual books. when everyone got google and binge, everyone gave up their encyclopedias and brought them here. >>gretchen: pull one out. >>brian: how about this, the annals of america, i'm going to read. the governor represented a fuller explanation during his interview. i'll read more during the break. >>steve: from what you're doing right there right now, i would imagine you left bourbon street about five minutes ago. >>brian: you are lying. the game was over four hours, as gretchen said in the open, 4 hours, 14 minutes, the longest super bowl in history. we had a quick turnaround, 90 minutes. we were on the field at midnight local time. it was one of those crazy days with a 35-minute blackout. >>steve: it was crazy. did you prepare a report for us this morning? >>brian: no. oh yeah, i did. in fact, i did. here's a look back at one of the most bizarre and, dare i say, electrifying super bowls of all time. >> when the cannons went off both teams were ready to play, but in reality it was the ravens, not the 49ers, going for the gold. joe flacco on fir

that just go on a spending binge if you don't make threats like that, i think is crazy. and i think evidence is there that you put spending cuts on the table, he kept asking and to be repaired as well but i think there's more good well i guess that i think people realize. more agreement that we have such a big budget problem that we're going to have to be firing on all cylinders. will have to cut spending. will have to reform our and other programs and, frankly, will have to raise more revenue. i think that fishes realistic situation when the problem is as big as we face. >> listening to the commonwealth club of california radio program, and our speakers today are noticed -- noted economic experts keith hennessey and christina romer. you can also find video of commonwealth club progress on line. now let's talk about the questions around employment and job growth. what is your outlook on job growth? >> well, i will start. i think, you know, i will say i was here last year and i'm certainly more optimistic this year than last year. i think that we have made a significant amount of progress if

you. >> we do. >> one last product, bing's bark and bakery. home made, human grade ingredients. great treats. >> i had one before the show and it was good. >> thanks for sharing. >> we also have a bunch of fun-filled family entertainment, including from "america's got talent," sarah and her lovely bird, echo. >> welcome. tell us about echo. >> echo is a 16-year-old double yellow headed amazon, he comes from wisconsin. >> like most parrots from wisconsin. >> he can sing and talk. he has 150 word vocabulary. >> put him through his paces. >> what's your name? he's having a moment this morning, huh? tell 'em hi. >> hi. >> hi. >> how about some spanish, hola. >> hola. >> he's a smart bird. give 'em a whistle. [ whistle [. >> can i borrow him later? hi, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> who is your friend? >> yoo-hoo, a lab door mix. >> who? >> yoo-hoo. >> a pretty dog. what does he have on his paws? >> little boots. >> hey, yoo-hoo. >> he's focused on the frisbee. >> he's part of marvelous mutts performance. >> do it. >> ready, with buddy in come on. ready? >> boy, he's into this. >> o

access to these individuals. >> there's a suspect in the bing gauzy attack in the conditions detained him, correct question >> yes. >> to we not ask for an success do we not ask for access? they released him? what they did. he is still in tunisia. it shows the two nations are working with the rule of law, just like we do. >> we have someone who is a suspect in the potential attack on benghazi and did not give us access to him, and we don't have any information. >> we work with our partners across the board. when they can detain individuals according to their laws, we were to see if we have the ability to ask some questions, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. >> but the tunisian law did not allow them to hold them so they let them go? >> and we did not have anything on him, either. if we did, we would have made the point for them to turn them over to us. the cia should be able to lend its full expertise as it does right now in terms of and support a military interrogations', fbi, and foreign partner of the briefings. they do that on a regular basis. >> what is the best setting? a

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